Dixie Davis vs. Claude Osteen — Career Comparison

Dixie Davis
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Claude Osteen
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Dixie Davis and Claude Osteen are fairly close on the surface numbers. Claude Osteen posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.3 vs 3.97) and WHIP (1.302 vs 1.516). Dixie Davis had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.43 per nine innings vs 0.65). By the career numbers, Claude Osteen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dixie Davis and Claude Osteen

Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.63
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541
1.41
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
1.13
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.51
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
0.51
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.48
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
0.51
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.13
50.13
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.04
69.04
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.2
90.2
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.36
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.1
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
581
3.97
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1268
3.3
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3956
27
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10381
27
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318.2
9
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3460.1
9
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1311
8.95
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3471
9.03
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
0.65
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
4.7
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
940
2.44
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.24
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
3.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1612
4.19
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.871
0.871
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.738
0.738
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.17
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.12
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5844
39.89
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14433
37.54
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.31
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.06
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
4.93
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1435
3.73
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.18
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.07
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.21
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.516
1.516
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5111
34.88
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13352
34.73
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Dixie Davis and Claude Osteen

Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
1.41
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
1.27
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10386
27
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3462
9
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.41
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
1.82
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
884
2.3
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.23
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.583
1.583
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.04
90.04
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.1
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dixie Davis and Claude Osteen

Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
240
289.16
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
588
289.18
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
498
600
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1220
600
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
441
531.33
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1099
540.49
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
104.82
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
101.8
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
76
91.57
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
79.67
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
12.05
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
15.25
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.95
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
3.93
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
13.25
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
22.13
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24.47
29.48
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59.59
29.31
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
99
119.28
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
134.75
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
137.35
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
122.95
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
32
38.55
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
44.26
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
30
36.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
37.38
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
62
74.7
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
158
77.7
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27.51
33.15
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53.69
26.41
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
32.53
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
19.67
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
50.6
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
291
143.11
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.86
11.86
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
36.14
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
33.93
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
4.43
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
8.85
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.98
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Claude Osteen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.49
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.2
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.48
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Osteen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67